In southwestern France, a vintage-textiles dealer uses her family's 18th-century farmhouse to celebrate the pleasures of country life

Exterior of Home

Exterior of Home

In the living room of Mathilde Labrouche's home in southwest France is a bed of her own design. It was modeled after an old meat safe and features a rooflike structure. It's covered with traditional linen and hemp blankets made in Ukraine. "I've always liked to create beds," she says. "I think the world needs rest.

Living Room

Living Room

We're in perpetual motion, and I like people to be able to relax." Her dream, she adds, is to install a bed in a kitchen someday. In fact, one of her brothers spent his wedding night in what is now her kitchen.

In the living room of Mathilde Labrouche's home in southwest France, a custom-made sofa is covered with a Turkish throw, the cocktail table is antique, and Labrouche designed the canopy bed. A religious painting and an antique mercury-glass mirror are displayed on shelving formerly used in a textile shop; the marble fireplace is original, and the floor lamp is by Delightfull.